The Osceola times., 1887-11-12

OK the 81 Robinson's circus train was
wrecked at the Union depot, 81. Louis
and the wild animals were temporarily
liberated. George Squires, n canvasman,
Nas killed and several others injured.
OS the 81 a fire-damp explosion oc-
Cured at Matlock in Derbyshire, England
Twenty-Five men were in the pit az the
time Of the explosion, and Il is not known
how many Of these were killed. Five
bodies have been recovered.
Ok the 81 the house Of William Wade,
at Chester, n. Y, was burned. Mr. Wade,
who is a railroad man, arose at three
o'clock and left his wife getting break
fast On returning, he found the house
in flames and Mrs. Wade missing Her
bones were found in the ruins.
| on the 81 a spar torpedo burst at New
! port, r. l., while being run out Of a boa,
| in the harbor during experiments, anil the
/ seven or eight officers and men in the boat
| had a narrow escape from death. Only
\ two of them were injured. They were
| gunners, and were stationed in the bow
OF the boat.
on the 81 l.. d. Loss foreman Of the
mixing department OF the Acme White
Lead Works at Detroit, Mich, was caught
in a belt, and before the machinery could
be stopped, was a mass OF broken bones.
His head was crushed neck, back, legs
and arms broken aud one leg nearly torn
from the body.
on the 4th John Robinson's circus was
partially destroyed by fire near Brazil,
Ind.
On the 4th two men were jailed at Pitts
burgh, Pa, charged with the murder of
Frank Harm.
OS the 4th W. J. Matson, a book keepe-,
was accdently shot and killed by an Of.
fee boy in Cleveland, o.
ON the 4th Tuck Agee was hanged ..
Lexington, KY, for the murder Of Ja-.
Faulkner, his brotherinlaw.
AT Union Springs, Ala, ON the lth
Henry Robinson, colored, was hanged f,r
the murder Of another colored man.
THE grand jury at Memphis, Tenn,
have returned twenty -eight indictments
against Wharfmaster Kallaher of that
city.
HIGHLY sensational story comes from
Pittsburgh, Pa, that man by tho name
of Owens has confessed TO having throw n
the Chicago Haymarket bomb.
On the 4th a very destructive fire, III
volving n loss of over $4,000, occurred
at Nashville, Tenn. 1t is feared that livss
We're host. Several people were severe y
injured.
RECENTLY a family named Model, near
Brocton, ILL.,, ate sausage for breakfast.
The entire family were soon after taken
sick. Two have died and four more are
not expected to live. The doctors say tie
sausage contained trchine.
On the 4th Chas. b. Brownfeld. me-
chanic of Louisville, Ky, murdered his
wife and nine. year.old daughter aud his
wife's BROTHER, VIM. F. Bruner, and then
committed suicide He left letter say
ing the cause of the deed was his losses at
gambling
ON the 4th Thomas Wallace, a convict
In the Essex County IN. J.) penitentiary
at Caldwell, was shot in the head and in
stantly killed by one Of the guards Wills
attempting to escape.
On tho evening Of the 4th Henry Bruno
bartender at Omaha, Neb., shot anG
killed Constable Moritz Hegemau in O
saloon in that city. The two men were
examining revolver. Bruno claims the
shooting was accidental.
On the ith Arthur b. Campbell, book
keeper for the Armour packin Company,
Chicago, was arraigned in court for the
embezzlement Of 1920 from the company
and sentenced to two and n half years
Imprisonment. Young Campbell comes
OF excellent family, is thirty years of age
and married.
OK the 9Th the Porter block at Clayton,
n Y, and several adjoining buildings
were burned. Loss, 100000. None of the
summer hotels were burned.
OFFICERS arrested William wilkins, Of
Noblesville Ind, at Rome City, Ind, on
the 9th, on n charge of counterfeting.
His speciality was nickels.
On tho evening of the 9Th Robert VII
son, a bad man, was shot and killed at
Cincinnati, while endeavoring to escape
from arrest.
On the 9th James Jambor, of Milwaul &c,
Wis, was convicted at Racine Of having
attempted the life Of ex-Mayor Secor
with dynamite bomb in the summer OF
1885.
Or the evening of the 9th wreck oc-
Cured on the Southern Pacific railroad.
Engineer Jack Bownell and Howard
Brummell, machinist, who was on the
engine, were killed.
AT Readville, Pa, Wm, Frit, Edward
Youse and Adam Miller, three well-known
police characters, have been lodged R
jail charged with passing counterfeit
money-notes and coin.
The Albert Lea (Minn.) roller mills,
which caught fire about eleven o'clock on
the night of the bth, were burned to the
ground, and the buildings, as well as most
of the machinery, were total lo,H There
were about $4,000 bushels of wheat in the
elevator, and the total loss is fully S61, 600.
The insurance foote nm SO O01.